1918–19 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1918–19 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Dana Evans, who was in his 2nd and final year. The team played its home games at the Men's Gymnasium in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1918–19 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	10–7 (4–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dana Evans (2nd season)
Captain	Ardith Phillips
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium

1918–19 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Minnesota	10	–	0		1.000			13	–	0		1.000
Chicago	10	–	2		.833			21	–	6		.778
Northwestern	6	–	4		.600			6	–	6		.500
Michigan	5	–	5		.500			18	–	6		.750
Illinois	5	–	7		.417			6	–	8		.429
Indiana	4	–	6		.400			10	–	7		.588
Iowa	4	–	7		.364			8	–	7		.533
Purdue	4	–	7		.364			6	–	8		.429
Wisconsin	3	–	9		.250			5	–	11		.313
Ohio State	2	–	6		.250			7	–	12		.368

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 10–7 and a conference record of 4–6, finishing 6th in the Big Ten Conference.

Roster

Name	Position	Year	Hometown
Joy Buckner	G	So.	Bluffton, Indiana
Lawrence Busby	C	So.	Lapel, Indiana
Arlo Byrum	G	Jr.	Anderson, Indiana
Everett Dean	F/C	So.	Salem, Indiana
William Dobbins	G	So.	Bloomington, Indiana
William Easton	F	Jr.	Bloomington, Indiana
Urban Jeffries	F/C	Jr.	Rockville, Indiana
Joseph Lohrei	C	So.	Goshen, Indiana
Ardith Phillips	G	Jr.	Amo, Indiana
Byard Smith	G	Sr.	Decatur, Indiana
Markham Wakefield	F	Jr.	Washington, Indiana
William Zellar	G	Jr.	Brazil, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
1/2/1919*		at Vincennes YMCA	W 47–16	1–0	Vincennes, IN
1/11/1919		at Minnesota	L 13–35	1–1 (0–1)	UM Armory  Minneapolis, MN
1/13/1919		at Iowa	W 23–14	2–1 (1–1)	Iowa Armory  Iowa City, IA
1/20/1919		at Michigan	L 22–28	2–2 (1–2)	Waterman Gymnasium  Ann Arbor, MI
1/21/1919*		at Toledo	W 32–25	3–2 (1–2)	Toledo, OH
1/24/1919		Iowa	L 10–21	3–3 (1–3)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
1/27/1919*		DePauw	L 17–21	3–4 (1–3)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
1/31/1919*		Franklin College	W 35–19	4–4 (1–3)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
2/7/1919		Ohio State	L 21–22	4–5 (1–4)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
2/15/1919		at Ohio State	W 37–31	5–5 (2–4)	Columbus, OH
2/17/1919*		at Cincinnati	W 38–24	6–5 (2–4)	Schmidlapp Gymnasium  Cincinnati, OH
2/22/1919		Minnesota	L 14–20	6–6 (2–5)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
2/24/1919		Wisconsin	L 16–29	6–7 (2–6)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
3/3/1919*		Notre Dame	W 29–11	7–7 (2–6)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
3/6/1919*		at DePauw	W 17–16	8–7 (2–6)	Greencastle, IN
3/11/1919		Michigan	W 24–16	9–7 (3–6)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
3/15/1919		at Wisconsin	W 22–12	10–7 (4–6)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.